In the post-White Mountain period, and even more after Thirty Years’ War, Czech kings of Habsburg family ruled mainly from Vienna, which became their permanent predominant city residence reign Leopold I at latest. Gradually, frequency visits to Bohemian lands diminished. Chief among these were occasional journeys that Habsburgs undertook, whose route usually copied imperial highways. One most i...

In the article, on example of conflict Courland governor P.A. Valuev with Baltic nobility, happened in 1857, legal status nobility Russian Empire is considered. The main issue considered work problem relationship between imperial center and national outskirts middle 19th century, which, turn, closely related to results Northern War (1700-1721), which ended for Russia a victory over Sweden annex...

In Soviet times, Boleslav Markevich's novel trilogy was unconditionally considered to be among the most orthodox anti-nihilistic works. However, already contemporary author, conservative criticism nihilists artistically weakest heroes of this trilogy. What is in centre narrative, historical fate Russian nobility, which suffered a crushing defeat during “great reforms” 1860s, rather than nihilis...

LESLIE T. MORTON and ROBERT J. MOORE, A bibliography of medical and biomedical biography, Aldershot, Hants, Scolar Press, 1989, 8vo, pp. ix, 208, £37.50. This book was originally conceived as a third edition of John Thornton's slim paperback A select bibliography of medical biography (1961, 1970) but has been so much enlarged and improved that it is rightly presented as a new work. Like its pre...

Within the previous work during launch of project “Implementation reform from February 19, 1861 in Oryol province (experience computer analysis mass sources)” topics touched upon were not only ones which based on sources, but also some scenarios related to aspects socio-economic situation region developed. The was continued, and observations made preliminary study are given presented article. k...